Recent sports media news, including Michael Wilbon joining ESPN.com, TNT sending its studio team on-site for two more NBA games, and big increases in ratings for the St. Louis Blues.
- Big Name: Former Washington Post writer Michael Wilbon has joined ESPN.com and ESPNChicago.com as a featured columnist. Wilbon wrote his first ESPN.com column on Wednesday. (ESPN)
- Idle Note: TNT will send its studio team of Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley to the sites of at least two more games this season — Thunder/Lakers on Martin Luther King Day and Heat/Knicks ten nights later. Already this season, Johnson, Smith and Barkley were on site for Heat/Celtics on Opening Night and Heat/Cavaliers on December 2. (Turner Sports)
- Ratings: So far this season, Blues games have averaged a 3.5 rating on Fox Sports Midwest, up 54% from last year (2.3), and the fourth-highest average local rating in the NHL. (Puck The Media)
